tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14845100.post401358940215199108..comments2023-03-25T03:56:42.144-05:00Comments on Wombat's Gaming Den of Iniquity: 4e as Lame DuckJim Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10238994819794067525noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14845100.post-32633877722652459222012-02-28T21:59:52.205-05:002012-02-28T21:59:52.205-05:00"I find your lack of fluff disturbing..."..."I find your lack of fluff disturbing..."<br /><br />I agree with that. I like the stripped-down approach of 4e Gamma World. It's only a little more fluff, but they cut the crunch way back so the ratio is much more balanced. Hm. I may have to pull together a Gamma World game at some point.<br /><br />Good to hear you're jumping into a new campaign, Bill. Whatever your game is, game the heck on.Jim Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10238994819794067525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14845100.post-48607631492438615702012-02-28T21:45:52.215-05:002012-02-28T21:45:52.215-05:00Lately I've been finding myself trying to wrap...Lately I've been finding myself trying to wrap my head around what I've liked and not about older editions. Mostly when it comes to 4e, I've decided that that the only real problem I had with the game was the lack of integrated fluff. <br /><br />But that's all hypothetical, in practice I'm gearing up for starting a new Pathfinder campaign right after Easter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14845100.post-7640050984700517922012-02-24T10:57:58.135-05:002012-02-24T10:57:58.135-05:00Agreed. You're still playing 4e, so you write ...Agreed. You're still playing 4e, so you write about your experience. But you're still writing. What kills me is the people who stop gaming to "be ready" for Next and who withdraw into pure speculation. I'm all for speculation and living in your own head, but it gets toxic when you put more value on the Could Be in your head rather than what actually exists. That's where edition wars start, and some people are already posturing and fighting over Next even though it doesn't exist yet in any useful form.<br /><br />I'm all for creating something useful, but pure speculation has limited usefulness unless you're on the design team.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to read and comment!Jim Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10238994819794067525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14845100.post-73508198293986366262012-02-24T09:34:36.601-05:002012-02-24T09:34:36.601-05:00Interesting post; I hadn't really thought abou...Interesting post; I hadn't really thought about a decline in bloggers writing about 4e. Personally, I was writing about 4e before the Next announcement, and I'm still doing so now. But then, I'm not in the Friends and Family playtest so I'm still playing 4e!<br /><br />What that says to me is that people will write about what they're actually playing. And that means that I think 4e content will be likely to dry up further in the spring when the open playtest for Next begins. I know that I personally will be interested in trying out the new system, and I'll be able to write about it openly then, too. I'm sure I won't be alone in that.OnlineDMhttp://onlinedungeonmaster.comnoreply@blogger.com